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Stranded and shaped wire springs provide strength and durability

Connecticut Spring & Stamping (CSS) has announced capabilities for producing compression springs for firearms from shaped and stranded wire. Using its experience of developing stranded wire and shaped wire springs, and its knowledge of design formulae for spring rate and equivalent direct (tensile or compressive) stresses, CSS is able to help OEMs design recoil compression springs that can perform properly in the extremely limited space available in most firearms.

Sophia Bell
26/06/2012 09:39:58

CSS services includes consultation on stranded versus shaped wire, careful selection of wire base material, assistance with wire manufacturing stranding specifications to achieve accuracy, as well as extensive development and prototyping to assist the customer accomplish the right spring design.

Written By Sophia Bell

Sophia Bell is the Group Editor of DPA, Connectivity, and PBSI. She joined the team in 2020 as Assistant Editor after achieving a First-Class Honours BA in English Literature and Film Studies from the University of East Anglia. In her current role, she leads the editorial strategy, driving digital growth and ensuring each title continues to deliver trusted, relevant insight for engineering and manufacturing professionals.